Monthly Archives: March 2013
FSA Andy: The USDA’s youth loan program can lend a hand (and some bucks)
Think you can't get a farm loan at age 16? Think again. USDA's Farm Service Agency can help.
It’s all a wash (and we can eat off one of my son’s socks)
The home remodeling continues: Puzzling over LEDs and spin cycles.
Value-based cattle marketing dominates
Selling fed cattle on a live basis is no longer standard practice, and some day it could end up as no more than historical...
It’s not easy figuring out a farmer’s luck
“A wise gamester ought to take the dice even as they fall and pay down quietly, rather than grumble at his luck.”
— Sophocles, 403...
The church is the house of God
“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house ... I had rather be a doorkeeper...
Get back to the basics of grazing
If you have livestock that graze pastures or you are looking to start grazing livestock, you may have read this column over the past...
Keeping soil healthy and productive
Have you ever heard the saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same?"
From my research, Alphonse Karr is credited for this...
Ohio Beef Expo combines lots of cattle, exhibits and education
Large crowd attends Beef Expo for breed shows, sales and information.
Today, agriculture is war of words, but we can end the food fight
No More Food Fights: We have to make time to come together around the food plate, to have a conversation — a human connection — that doesn’t end in a food fight.
Webinar offered on farm drainage April 9
Using the right drainage system on a corn crop can increase yields by some 30 percent. Learn more at April 9 webinar offered by OSU Extension.
